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Telluride Venture Accelerator Will Announce Three Winning Applicants in January
Many Telluride residents have long dreamed of a more diverse economy, one not entirely dependent on tourism and construction, so that families might live here more comfortably and sustainably.
Jesse Johnson, who grew up part-time in Telluride and who returned to live here full-time with his wife and two small children two years ago, is one of them. Why can't there be meaningful work in Telluride outside of tourism or construction or local government? What other business might thrive in Telluride?
Johnson's idea for meaningful economic activity, the Telluride Venture Accelerator, is now being realized under the aegis of the Telluride Foundation.
"There is a surprisingly large community of highly successful entrepreneurs and businesspeople who live in Telluride full-time or part-time," Johnson said in an interview, explaining how the idea evolved. "They really like starting businesses, so the idea is to tap into their talents and interests by providing opportunities for them to mentor startup businesses in Telluride."
Telluride, in this scenario, would serve as home to a think tank and a retreat for aspiring entrepreneurs. The mentorships would attract people with a winning idea who would benefit from a six-month sabbatical in the mountains where they could flesh out a business plan. In addition to time to think, the winning applications will receive a $30,000 cash grant, up to $8,000 to cover travel and living expenses, shared workspace where they might bounce ideas off each other, and focused advice from mentors whose expertise is relevant to their idea.
In exchange, the Venture Accelerator will take a four percent equity stake in the participating companies, potentially creating a fund with which to expand the program in the future. And, to involve the larger Telluride community, the Venture Accelerator's mentors may deliver lectures open to the public and is creating an exchange of local entrepreneurs to enable their sharing of resources.
The overall idea struck a chord with Paul Major, CEO of the Telluride Foundation, because, Major said, the world of philanthropy is changing.
"A lot of the people with financial resources who might have given money to a community foundation in the past are much more interested now in business," Major said. "Donors are migrating away from traditional philanthropy, and that's especially true of a lot of the people in Telluride who Jesse interested in his idea. They are at a point in their lives where they want to give, and the Telluride Venture Accelerator fits their interests.
"Telluride just might have the highest per capita number of venture capital/private equity people in the country," he added. "These are people not necessarily already active with the Telluride Foundation, but who are interested in helping build new businesses. Because that is what they like to do."
In other words, Telluride's assets in being home to a venture accelerator include not only its capacity to host visitors in an inspirational setting, but also a local and part-time local community of expert mentors. Add to that, Major said, the fact that Telluride as a community has been searching for ways to diversify its economy, and the stage was set for Johnson's concept.
The idea is not necessarily to launch businesses that will stay in Telluride and create employment here, Johnson and Major said, although that could happen in some cases. Instead, the economic benefit to Telluride is that the Venture Accelerator itself may grow into a sustainable enterprise, bringing new groups of young entrepreneurs here for their six-month intervals and cultivating a model for one way, the Telluride way, that promising businesses can be launched.
"If just one business took off from here, Telluride might become identified as a great place to get a business off the ground," Major said. "It's actually part of Telluride's history, given L.L. Nunn, George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla and the development of A.C. electricity, that something big can originate here."
The Telluride Venture Accelerator began marketing the opportunity for startup businesses to apply for a mentorship in early October. By the deadline of Nov. 15, a hundred applications from ten different countries had been submitted. Those applications were reviewed by the fifty volunteer mentors Johnson and Major had recruited, with different mentors working on the applications most closely aligned with their backgrounds. Readers included the former head of marketing from Burton, the CEO of Patagonia and a Whole Foods Board member.
By the end of November, nine finalists had been selected. The three winning bids will be announced on Jan. 10 and their mentorships will start on Feb. 1.
"The applications were really impressive," Johnson said. "They were in the outdoors and recreation field, natural products, including food, tourism, health and wellness, education and energy. One of the nine finalists is a pair of local residents with a patented idea.
One of the mentors, Telluride resident Richard Cornelius, said in a separate interview that he is excited to participate in the Venture Accelerator in part because he is "vested in Telluride," making his donation of time to help diversity the local economy personally rewarding.
"I like working with startup companies," he said. "Its fun working with people with an idea and helping them realize it."
Cornelius was a partner with the giant consulting firm Accenture, where his area of expertise was managing electronic payment processes. His deeper involvement with the first group of businesses expected to come to Telluride next year depends on who is selected.
"One of the challenges for a startup is that the people involved may lack expertise in some areas," Cornelius said. "They may have a great product but no knowledge about marketing, for example. Or they may not have an understanding of finance. Or manufacturing. The mentors can help them understand where they need to fill in so their business has a better chance of success.
The group of forty mentors Johnson pulled together is "very impressive," Cornelius said. These were people who live here or spend time here but didn't know each other. Now, through the Venture Accelerator they are networking and getting to know each other. There is a lot of power in that."
When you put talented people together in a room, Cornelius concluded, "exciting things can happen."
One of those things could be to make Telluride renowned as more than a great place to live, and a great place to ski in the summer and attend festivals in the summer. It could make Telluride renowned as a great place to launch a business.


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Works by Jessica Wohl at Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art through April 4.
A house is more than the objects it holds, says Tennessee artist Jesssica Wohl. A house holds the memories of the people who lived there long after they are gone. Wohl's artwork, now on display at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont College, reflects this idea by turning the exhibit space into a "home" with installations and found family photographs altered with stitched sunburst "masks."
Wohl's work will be on display now through April 4, with a reception to be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 4. The museum is located at 567 Georgia Street in Demorest and is open from 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Admission is free. (During sidewalk construction, please use back entrance.)
Originally from Minneapolis, Minn., Wohl received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2001 and her MFA from The University of Georgia in 2010. Originally trained as an illustrator, her current studio practice includes drawing, painting, collage, installation and performance. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues in New York, Miami, Atlanta, Kansas City, Nashville, Finland, Norway and Italy.
Wohl has taught at UGA, Maple Woods Community College, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. She currently lives in Sewanee, Tenn., where she is an Assistant Professor of Art, teaching drawing and painting at The University of the South.


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Panova won the Doubles Final on Saturday with Birnerova of the Czech Rep.
Valeria Savinykh
Russian tennis duo Darya Gavrilova/Irina Khromacheva have made it to the finals of the Junior French Open tournament defeating Alexandra Sasnovic/ Donna Vekic (Bel/Cro) 2-6, 6-3,1-0.
In the finals, the girls will play against US/Canada or Paraguay/Brazil.
Russia's Darya Gavrilova and Irina Khromacheva have won the 2012 Junior French Open.
In the final, they defeated the Paraguayan-Brazilian pair Montserrat Gonzales and Beatrice Haddad Maya 4-6, 6-4, 10-8.
Last year Khromacheva won the prestigious tournament with Marina Zanevskaya (Ukraine) as her partner.
Court 2 Girls' Doubles - Finals
Montserrat Gonzalez PAR (6)
Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA (6) 6 4 8
Daria Gavrilova RUS (2)Irina Khromacheva RUS (2) 4 6 10
I hope once Russia will have the best tennis academy in the world.
Soon as the Sharapovs open it in Sochi.
The several young Russians at USO Girls Juniors (names unknown to me) have all been eliminated from Singles. There remains however a Ukranian
AND, joining Putintseva for Kazakhstan is Anna Danilina
davaiii to the Near Abroad!!!
Later this week, the 17-year-old will face the winner if the match between Angelique Van Der Meet of the Netherlands and Italy's Anastasia Grymalska.
Australian Open , Melbourne, AUSTRALIA 2013
Most of the Russian girls got thru the AO qualies, including Valeria Savinykh, who beat veteran Aussie (former Russian) Anastasia Rodionova along the way. Valeria is set up to play Mandy Minella on Monday. Hope for her to get through to the next round. ДАВАЙ!!!
Valeria Savinykh at Bastad last year: (Click for full size) Thanx to Rix643 at tennisforum.
Wednesday: Hours before Masha plays on Hisense, we'll get a chance at a close look at young Valeria. Probably the only one fot awhile, because asking the qualifier to take out Cibulkova is a bit much.
Show Court 2 11:00 AM Start Time (Midnight 00:00 GMT)
1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Australian Open , Melbourne, AUSTRALIA 2013 -- JUNIORS:
AND THEY DID! Schedule for Day 11: Thursday 24 January 2013
Monday (25 February) GMT 08:00 SIROTKINA - Duan (WTA Kuala Lumpur)
ДАВАЙ!!! http://www.streamhunter....ive-streaming-video.html
Looks like they are rained out for today. seriously. Try again tomorrow.
Marta Sirotkina (trains in Ireland)
Mar 2, 2013
Russian Olga Puchkova has made her way into the finals of the WTA event Brazil Tennis Cup, in Florianopolis, Brazil.
In the semifinal match on Friday she beat the top-seed, American Venus Williams, with a score of 4:6, 6:4, 7:5.
In the final Puchkova faces Romania's Monica Niculescu.
The tournament prize fund is 235 thousand dollars.
Anne Keothavong and Valeria Savinykh may not have won the doubles title at the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup, but for Keothavong just making the final was a very big personal breakthrough.
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Keothavong and Savinykh fell to No.1 seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, but the breakthrough was already in the books, and Keothavong couldn't have been happier.
Roland Garros 2013 - The French Open Sunday (02 June) Juniors playing today:
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundAnastasiya Komardina (RUS) v. Alice Bacquie (FRA)
Boys' Singles - 1st RoundKaren Khachanov (RUS) v. Rafael Matos (BRA)
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundKaterina Siniakova (CZE)[3] v. Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS)
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundMaria Marfutina (RUS) v. Barbara Haas (AUT)
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundGabriela Pantuckova (CZE) v. Darya Kasatkina (RUS)[6]
Boys' Singles - 1st RoundRoman Safiullin (RUS) v. Alexander Zverev (GER)[4]
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundVeronika Kudermetova (RUS) v. Ipek Soylu (TUR)[16]
Here was Veronika a year ago:
Friends from the Near Abroad:
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundIoana Ducu (ROU) v. Anna Danilina (KAZ)
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundBeatrice Lombardo (ITA) v. Iryna Shymanovich (BLR)
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundSandra Samir (EGY) v. Helen Ploskina (UKR)
Girls' Singles - 1st RoundViktoriya Lushkova (UKR) v. Taylor Townsend (USA)[11]
THROUGH: D.KasatkinaV.Kudermetova E.Kulichkova
Also Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)
Playing Tuesday:Maria Marfutina (RUS) vs. Louisa Chirico (USA)Petra Uberalova (SVK) vs. Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)


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A huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women.
It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and to two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to immigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, FALL OF GIANTS moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty.
©2010 Ken Follett (P)2010 Penguin Audio
Probably the best audio book I have ever downloaded. The narrator is brilliant at keeping the book alive with good accents for different characters. The story itself is also great, i didn't know too much about this period and almost nothing about the Bolsheviks in Russia but this novel takes you through it on a level at which anyone could relate to the experiences of the characters.
Funny, thrilling, interesting and educational.
Write another one please!
"What a discovery"
I have found this an absolutely absorbing listen, and have even found myself drawn to listen to another chapter at times outside my normal listening schedule. It has encouraged me to purchase a further two of the author's books as I had not listened or read any of his books before.
Gripping novel which kept me hooked! I think this has helped me understand the causes and the length of World War 1 more than any history lesson ever did at school. I really hope Ken Follett follows it up with a sequel as the characters were so realistic and would love to know how their lives evolve....maybe during World War 2? Would recommend unreservedly!
"An interesting piece of social history"
I learnt a lot about the class system in the early 20th century and the reasons for the first world war. The book follows five families: Welsh miners, English aristocracy, German Aristocracy, American upper class and Russian peasants. The story is well woven together, slow at times but enough to keep you interested at all times. I found the book thought provoking and was left wondering why we did not have a revolution in the UK after WW1. Maybe if we had 90% of the wealth would not be with 10% of the people as it is in the early 21st century. (My age group 50-60).
I was engulfed in the story from the start when a 13 year old boy starts work in the welsh coal mine. From here it seamlessly moves around linking 5 different families and follows their lives before, during and after the first world war. This is probably the longest novel I have read (listened to!!) but possibly the best to date. I couldn't wait to listen to the next installment and I'm afraid to admit that my household chores have suffered a bit due to this book. I loved it!! I hope you do too.
"Follett at his best..."
I loved this book, it really gripped me. Written in Follett's usual well paced style with strong female characters (who he always has in his stories) the whole book was just so interesting to me as I knew so little about the era. of course Follett shows us the horrors of war but the idea to depict it back "back home" with all the telegrams from the losses at the Somme arriving all at once was genius. Really moving. Can't wait for the other two sequels. John Lee does his usual great job in the narrators chair and is never pedestrian.
A fantastic view of the political and emotional battles in the early 20th Century. Before reading this book if someone had asked me why the First World War was fought, I would have answered "something about an assassination of an Austrian Arch Duke". Now I know the reality, and having always found history books boring, this is brilliant. The characters are wonderfully interwoven with real historical people, that brings this very relevant story to life.
"An absolute must"
Mr Follett has done it again, a brilliant mixture of facts and fiction, believable characters and an exciting stroyline. I will admit that I did struggle at the beginning, the narrator spoke rather fast and I had to get used to the different accents pretty quickly to be able to keep up but once I did I couldn't stop listening. I am an avid reader and I will read the book as well... yes, it's that good!
"Fall of Giants"
Ken Follet at his best, well written with fantastic plot and great characters. I cant wait for his next block buster.
"A Huge book read by a Master"
I have almost finished listening to John Lee read this book. He is fantastic at doing all the voices and accents. I'd certainly look out for any other books he has narrated. The story of Fall of Giants is astonishing in its scope. It really gives the background to the complicated start of WWI through the lives of the characters. It highlights the differences in lifestyle and expectations in Wales, England, France, Germany, America and Russia. Especially how people are inter-related through their families and servants and make diplomatic connections in the circles in which they move. Most enjoyable listening - but inevitably some very sad scenarios. However, hope shines through.
A mammoth task achieved by Ken Follet. Can't wait to listen to the sequel.
I really wanted to like this book. I have been a keen student of 20th century history since high school, 40 years ago.
Alas I found myself unable to really engage with the characters, finding them rather cardboard cutout. I could not help feeling that each was created purely to act as a vehicle to show key historical moments and most of the conversations they had, tended to give us lengthy history lessons. The fact that they seemed to somehow turn up at key points of world events of the time, I found clunky.
The book is redeemed to an extent by some great descriptions, the delivery of casulty telegrams being one good scene.
Overall, while i have no argument with the accuracy of the events portrayed, I feel that Mr Follet may have been better to have reduced the scope of the epic and used history as a background to the characters lives rather than awkwardly dropping them into each significant event. Not a book I could immerse myself in, rather, I skipped along the top, unable to find a way in
"Powerful work; exceptional & gripping adventure."
This audiobook is worth every cent and every second. I would very happily recommend this book to family and friends.A masterful piece.
Ken Follett is an outstanding author. Yet, I find it very hard to compare one skilled writer's work with other skilled writer's work, even of the same genre, as their styles often differ quite dramatically... and so attempting to compare their work is a bit like debating which is the best type of friut.I can, however, state that there is no better wordsmith for his standard and style of work. The way he keeps your attention from start to finish, never under nor overstating life and it's bare,sometimes brutual, sometimes sensual, but always honest realities. He just weaves you into the lives of his characters and never lets you breath until he's finished.
I have not heard John Lee's performance before, but his reading style is personable and clever. His interpretation of humour is simple and real, and his ability to hold your utter attention in dramatic moments is highly skilled. Brilliant performance... and I will be pleased to listen to any of his other readings.
I certainly laughed at times. And, I was certainly provoked to deep consideration of incidents and experiences, astonishment for the intricate manipulations of the war machine of the early 20th century, disgust for the polarised standards of rights and responsibilities, and I was prompted to empathy,sadness and even tears for the distainful attitude of negligence for life.
Brilliant work. Exceptional story. Plot and networking to real events was outstanding. An utter pleasure that I was sad to finish. A clever, highly skilled work that will stay with listener for some time... Superb!!
"A bit overambitious1"
This is an enormous book. It tells the story of 5 different families in the years from 1910 to 1924. The research involved must have been immense and the book is almost successful. Perhaps this should be two books because I felt that the different stories all lost dynamism in cutting from one to the other. Nonetheless this is what might be called a 'jolly good read'.
I felt that the writing about the fighting on the Somme, the leading up to it and the reasons for it's dreadful body count were among the best I have read.
The audible version was rather spoilt for me by the reader who attempted numerous accents with varying degrees of success. I also cannot see why a German or Russian needs to speak with a strong German or Russian accent if he is speaking in his native tongue.
This was a book really worth listening to. Not only was this due to Follett's strong narrative skills but because it was read by John Lee: he read with calm objectivity which linked his outstanding management of the many voices and the accents ??? wonderful acting.
This is an interpretation of the major events of one hundred years ago ??? the causes and the conduct of the first world war, rise of the Bolsheviks, the Versailles treaty and unionism, amongst many compelling themes. Follett demonstrates the human tragedy, the waste and pointlessness of war, the foibles and careless decisions of many of the leaders, both military and industrial (leaders coming from the so called ruling classes), the fights for women's rights. He clearly shows where he feels the seeds for future wars were laid.
And all this is very human as he interlaces stories of the personal lives of interesting characters.
So, one hundred years later, what have we achieved from the hell of the battle of the Somme? It was not easy to watch the news and ask whether the modern decisions of giants, the desperate current revolutions are just mirror images of the limits to humanity that Follett presents.
"A story to get totally lost in!"
Yes absolutely!! Fall of Giants is compulsive listening. I got so involved in the characters lives, loves and losses. A great insight to the different classes of the time and how war impacts on them. Love Ken Follett books - this is the third novel I've listened to.
I love this narrator! I so enjoy listening to him, he has wonderful tone and a beautiful accent and he reads at the right pace - not too slow, not too fast, and I was able to absorb the story fully. He can switch accents several times in one sentence - amazing, and brings the characters to life! I actually look for books that are read by John Lee now.
"Great book, not incredibly exiting though"
I loved the book because it helped me understand history by passing it thru the caracters stories. Its not an incredibly exiting book, and is not as good as Pillars of the Earth, but I loved reading it. its caracters as always display all sorts of emotions, and there are some sex scenes. If you like Ken Follet and history, you will like this book
"Superbly read!"
Yes. John Lee's reading takes me into the story.
I loved Eth. Her ability to rise above mysogisistic jibes. A woman before her time.
A great story, with a good smattering of history to educate us.
"Ken Follett - Fall of Giants"
I would recommend this Audio book to anybody, it is an amazing book.
The understanding I got from the history of the 20th Century, the motivations of actions that shook the world of my grandparents, described in a way that I could believe and understand.
I would choose another book read by John Lee, if it was a choice between him and anyone else. Some less than kind comments have been made previously. They are not what I have found.
This is a huge book, as are most of Ken Folletts books, which are particularly suited to audiobooks, due to the size, reading of a book of this length would take forever, and I probably would get sidetracked by something else before i finished.
"fantastic reading"
The story is one of fiction wrapped amongst fact. The ability to read a story immersed in a great plot but at the same time learning fact is delightful and entertaining
The reader was amazing his ability to speak with authentic accents Welsh, Russian, Cockney,American,Upper class English, he could switch from one to the other easily . It made the story really come to life. The plot is interesting and engaging . I spent many nights until the early hours listening when I should have been sleeping.
"History from a human perspective"
It was an interesting way of learning the history of WW1 from a human point
They were all essential
billy rock solid character
Great story looking forward to no 3 and John Lee does a sterling job of Narration 5 stars John !!
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Over the scope of 22 episodes plus a feature film, The Clone Wars series has visually expanded the scope of the Star Wars galaxy immensely. We've gone to about 20 planets in the whirlwind that was the first season, and met a variety of alien cultures and creatures. Season two promises to be even richer, and Comic-Con International hosted some of the key members of the artistic team that help put that together at a panel early on Star Wars Day. On hand were Dave Filoni, Supervising Director; Joel Aron, CG Supervisor; Kilian Plunkett, Lead Designer; Danny Keller, Story Artist and Animation Consultant; and moderating the panel was StarWars.com's own Pablo Hidalgo
"The goal was to create 22 minutes of the best movie to you each and every week," said Filoni, describing how creator George Lucas kept pushing the envelope on the scope of the story. "If there are 10 clones on the screen, he wants 20. We put 20, he wants 100. Once we get around 100, he wants a thousand. It's a goal that you simply don't see every week on an animated series."
Filoni contrasted the leaps and bounds made by the production team. When the feature film and season one began, Lucasfilm Animation was still being constructed from the ground up. "One simple way to illustrate it very easily, we had Plo Koon — a new character we had built for that. We had three clones that we redressed with different formats. That was largely all we had to build for that episode. No, for the season finale, we had new models of Cad Bane, Aurra Sing, Robonino, a modified pirate for a bounty hunter, a whole bunch of new Senators and background characters. So, just as far as character models, we've multiplied what we're capable of."
Pablo chimed in – "With that said, is there any temptation to revisit any of the designs done for season one?"
"It's unavoidable," said Filoni. "Just because we built Anakin Skywalker, he's was the first model we built, so he's needed some of the heaviest redesign that we've had to do. The Anakin you see now in Clone Wars, even though he looks relatively the same, is not the same model we used in the movie. In fact, he's substantially better than the one. We redid the rigs, we redid some of the surface textures."
To show an example of how confidence in execution has changed the approach of designing the characters, Kilian showed an image of the original concept maquette of Anakin Skywalker next to the concept maquette for Bail Organa. Whereas the original explorations of Anakin were hard and geometric, Organa was a much more subtle yet still stylized design.
The experience the team has garnered over the course of season one has also effected the writing of the series to a large extent. The team laughed about how new capabilities let them come up with better designs, and perhaps avoiding the creation of some that wouldn't look quite right. Throwing up a sketch of Ahsoka from well before the series, her outfit looks decidedly different from her clothing in the show. "We originally gave Ahsoka a schoolgirl skirt that expanded out when she spun around. Turns out that was really expensive" Filoni joked.
Joel then went on to show how the art style of Clone Wars influences details and subtle as even the snow or the water. Passing through some videos, he describes the process of creating the flamethrowers that will be used in season two. Revealing the process he used, he actually created models for each frame of the flame itself, then sped the animation up quickly – and this process gives the fire a definite 'Clone Wars' effect, making it stylish and artistic to match the show. "It's been a great learning experience," he goes on to say, "Since I came over to animation from ILM (Industral Light and Magic) I was trying to break myself away from the photo-realistic style I have always gone for." By opting for a stylistic choice and approach, the production team achieves an economical solution far less taxing that expensive computer physics simulation ordinarily employed for such effects.
As the panel ended, hints of the story of season two began to drop. In response to a question about Season Two, Filoni began to wax philosophical: "With the Jedi, when it seems like they are winning, they are really losing. It only seems like they are winning. They are a tool of Palpatine and the Clone War. They should not be fighting the war, and they don't understand it. They believe if they fight the war and end it quickly, they can put it behind them. Obi thinks that, Yoda thinks that.(…) There are a lot of things and themes going on that really make the story very deep."
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At its height, the fire came to within three miles of Bodie, which remains closed as does the entry road, to all but emergency traffic.
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Product Specifications
|Product ID:
|38 mm
|3.29 mm